Utah bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ children
Posted on AllSides January 22nd, 2020
From The Left
Utah is now the 19th state to outlaw conversion therapy for minors after a new rule from its governor went into effect late Tuesday.
The ban issued by Gov. Gary Herbert, a Republican, comes a year after an effort to end the practice in the conservative state stalled in the legislature. Conversion therapy is an attempt to forcibly change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity. It does not work, and studies show that those subjected to it, or who choose to undergo it, are put at a greater risk of...